Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children.许多父母对孩子简直是完全撒手不管。The old must abdicate new.老的必须让位于新的.If the king does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned.如果国王自己不退位, 就必须把他赶下台....
我们的父母应允我们结婚.Our parents gave their blessing to our marriage.我不能应允你的要求.I cannot assent to what you ask.他们的父母无可奈何地应允了这门亲事.Their parents unwillingly [ grudgingly ] consented to the marriage....